Jamila Wideman
Wideman started on the Amherst Regional High School Varsity team for six straight years, beginning in 7th grade.In her senior year, leading her team to the high school state championship, Wideman averaged 17 points, 6 steals, 6 assists, and 6 rebounds per game.Wideman would be traded from the Sparks to the Cleveland Rockers on June 21, 1999 and played 26 games for the team, averaging 2.2 points and 2 assists.Wideman spent the 1999–2000 winter season in Israel, playing for the Elitzur Ramla club in the Israeli Basketball League.Three years after being waived by the Portland Fire and not playing in the WNBA, Wideman would try a comeback on April 19, 2004 by signing a contract with the Connecticut Sun.In 2001, Wideman participated in the Connecticut Forum,[13] where she shared the stage with Stanley Crouch, Anita Hill, Spike Lee, and Bill Russell to talk candidly about race.[15] Following her graduation from New York University Law School, Wideman began working as a staff attorney at Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama, where she litigated on behalf of death sentences individuals in state and federal courts, and later became a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society in New York City.